“Once the cold season starts and night falls early, burglaries are on the rise. Therefore, the police will take action against this type of crime in autumn and winter 2016 and 2017, too. Specific analysis methods and swift search and investigative measures combined with more prevention are to be adopted to counter this type of crime. Direct contact to police officers lies at the heart of these measures.”

In Austria the number of complaints involving cybercrime rose from 10,010 in 2015 to 13,103 in 2016, which is an increase by about 31 per cent. To counter the massive increase in ransomware, a special investigation team termed CLAVIS was set up in June 2016.

iCoach is a Child Focus training programme, proposed by the Federal Public Service (FPS) Home Affairs for the police and the prevention services of towns and municipalities in order to train any person wishing to take action for the protection of minors on the internet.